Fans of the Eastlake Little League All-Stars fans celebrate after the California team defeated Westport, Conn., to advance to the U.S. championship game at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe entertainers perform on the Royal Mile as the festival enters its final weekend. The largest performing arts festival in the world has been running for the past three weeks and has enjoyed an increase in venues and visitors compared with previous years.

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning arrives alongside military officials at a military court to hear his sentence in the WikiLeaks case. Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking a vast trove of classified U.S. military and diplomatic materials to the anti-secrecy group in 2010.

This image provided by the media office of Douma City, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other Associated Press reporting, shows a Syrian man mourning over a body after what rebel activists say was a poisonous gas attack launched by regime forces.

A Soviet army monument was painted pink by vandals to mark the 45th anniversary of the Soviet bloc's invasion of Czechoslovakia. The inscription in Bulgarian and Czech reads "Bulgaria apologizes." Bulgaria, a longtime ally of the Soviet Union, was the first country to insist on the invasion -- aimed at crushing the freedom movement known as the Prague Spring -- and the last one to formally apologize for its participation.

Tourists have their pictures taken in front of a large outdoor banner showing what Hong Kong looks like when there's no smog. Hong Kong's air pollution index has hit the "very high" level in recent days.

Firefighters cut into the trailer of a charred big rig after two accidents involving at least nine vehicles shut down the 10 Freeway in Pomona overnight. One person was killed in the pileup, reported about 8:30 p.m. near Towne Avenue. One of the vehicles was jammed under the big rig and exploded in flames, the California Highway Patrol said.

Office workers cross a flooded street using makeshift floats during heavy rain at the financial district of Makati south of Manila on Tuesday. Flooding caused by some of the Philippines' heaviest rains on record submerged more than half the capital, turning roads into rivers and trapping tens of thousands of people in homes and shelters. The government suspended all work except rescues and disaster response for a second day.

Members of the opposition party are surrounded by parliament police officers in the Thai parliament's chambers on Tuesday after debate on controversial proposed constitutional amendments descended into a brawl.

The Week in Pictures | August 19 – 25, 2013

Each week we bring you the very best in visual journalism. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, who released more than 700,000 documents to WikiLeaks, was sentenced to 35 years in prison by a judge in Maryland. The sentencing ends a summer-long court-martial in which Manning, 25, was found guilty of violating the Espionage Act and mishandling classified material but acquitted of a more serious charge of aiding the enemy. More photos

Douma, Syria: Syrian opposition activists accuse the government of killing scores of civilians, including women and children, in a poison-gas assault on rebel strongholds.

Groveland, Calif: The Rim fire near Yosemite National Park has grown to 105,620 acres — or roughly 165 square miles — in its sixth day of burning largely out of control through steep, rugged terrain. More photos

Irwindale, Calif: More than 50 were hurt as tour bus overturned on a Southern California freeway. Witnesses described the chaos as they broke out the bus’ front windshield to pull passengers out. Story

Beverly Hills: More than 1,200 people wearing white descended on Rodeo Drive with tables, chairs and lots of Champagne and cheese Wednesday night during a global flash-mob dinner called Diner en Blanc.

Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh Festival Fringe entertainers perform on the Royal Mile as the festival enters its final weekend in Scotland. The largest performing arts festival in the world has been running for the past three weeks and has enjoyed an increase in venues and visitors compared with previous years.

Bulacan, Philippines: Residents in flood-affected communities step on muddied streets outside their homes as they wait for food donations.

Katmandu, Nepal: About 1,000 people took part in a gay pride rally. Organizers said the rally was an opportunity for gays and lesbians to come out in the open and also to educate the public.

Tripoli, Lebanon: Men run next to a burning car at the site of an explosion in the northern city of Tripoli. At least 27 people were killed and 352 wounded in blasts at two mosques in Lebanon’s predominately Sunni-Muslim northern port city of Tripoli.

Add stops in Germany, Spain, China, Denmark, Bulgaria and Rio de Janeiro to round out the report.

Very tragic accident!! But that picture had taken nicely from a perfect view, where every contact is clearly visible… I don't know what's the rush runs into that driver mind, which occurred now such a terrible accident.